Rupandehi, March 12: The Ministry of Social Development under the State-5 is set to implement a special program to lessen the maternal and child mortality rates in the country. Under the very program, all 363 birthing centres of the state will be equipped with competent human resource and instruments
Speaking at a press conference organized here on Wednesday (March 11), Minister for Social Development Sudarshan Baral shared it would be implemented from the grant amount of Rs 100 million provided by the federal government. He expressed his confidence that the program would help improve maternity service and thereby enhance the health status of mother and child.
As part of the special program, the existing health workers would be provided with training and each birthing center would receive different 26 types of health equipment, the minister said. On the occasion, Director of State Health Training Centre Butwal, Maheswor Shrestha informed that the number of mothers undergoing child delivery at health facilities has reached 57 percent and also hoped that the initiative would help reduce maternal-child mortality rates. RSS
